Why is it das Reihenhaus?
Reihenhaus is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Haus. So it’s das Reihenhaus.
All nouns ending in -hausMeaning
[1] Architecture: One of several houses built in a row
[1] Architektur: eines von mehreren, in einer Reihe aneinandergebauten HäusernExamples
[1] We live in a row house
[1] Wir wohnen in einem Reihenhaus.
[1] "A small iceberg in the size of a medium -sized row house is stranded beyond the port on the Kobfjord"
[1] „Ein kleiner Eisberg in Größe eines mittleren Reihenhauses ist jenseits des Hafens am Kobbefjord gestrandet.“
More source examples (2)
These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.
[1] "Our little bunker was behind our row house, at the very end of the long, narrow, towel -shaped garden area"
[1] „Unser kleiner Bunker lag hinter unserem Reihenhaus, ganz am Ende des langen, schmalen, handtuchförmigen Gartens.“
[1] "The developer has long found new prospective customers for the row house"
[1] „Der Bauträger hat längst neue Interessenten für das Reihenhaus gefunden.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Reihenhaus | die Reihenhäuser |
| Genitiv | des Reihenhauses | der Reihenhäuser |
| Dativ | dem Reihenhaus dem Reihenhause | den Reihenhäusern |
| Akkusativ | das Reihenhaus | die Reihenhäuser |
Pronunciation
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